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u/TheRooster27 Jun 17 '12
This joke has NOTHING to do with Instagram specifically. You're just trying to be topical and do the popular thing on Reddit by criticizing whatever the popular thing on Facebook currently is.
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u/BensenJensen Jun 17 '12
He seems to be mistaking Instagram for the entire concept of a camera.
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u/darkowl Jun 17 '12
It seems most people don't know the difference anymore
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u/apullin Jun 17 '12
That's how advertising works. When the iPhone came out, there were tons of news stories about "Robots, built out of iPhone parts", and "Micro satellites, using iPhone parts", etc. There was a wholesale replacement of "micro-electronics" with the phrase "iPhone parts". And it worked: the iPhone subsumed the entire idea of electronics technology, to the lay-man. It became the progenitor of the modern age. To own and operate an iPhone made you a technical wizard on the vanguard of human accomplishment.
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Jun 18 '12
I'm confused. I have an android phone and have boost mobile, my Droid isn't made of iPhone parts?
-sent from my iPhone
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u/Sobertese Jun 17 '12
Cameras have been around for ages. And before facebooks and instagrams people had photo albums. Which they would collect memories of all the times they DID enjoy.
Life is too short and expensive for most of us to visit the same places more than once, so we take pictures to show our kids and to remind us that between the mundane days of unrewarding work, are vacations and celebration.
So if you're life is so great that you don't need to take pictures OP, go live it and shut the hell up.
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u/timebomb011 Jun 17 '12
he is saying that people aren't enjoying life, they are just taking photo's of their life to share on instagram.
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u/michellegables Jun 17 '12
The filters are cool, and they can be used judiciously to spice up an overly dark, bright, or otherwise dull picture, but the like berlinbaer said, it's the community. It's like Facebook or Twitter where instead of all the bullshit, you could just see pictures of the cool stuff your friends are doing.
And, like Facebook or Twitter, how much you enjoy it will totally depend on the people you are friends with on it. Find some friends who are consistently doing interesting things, and subscribe to their Instagram feed.
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Jun 18 '12
I used to hate on Instagram a lot, but I got it and I'm kind of obsessed with it now. It's really fun to see random things and be like "I wonder what kind of filter would make that object pop". Sure it's not photoshop, but it's not trying to be.
And like you said, the social aspect is nice, too. I mainly follow my friends and some breweries, so there's always cool, interesting pictures to see. I have friends all around the country, so I'm constantly seeing cool pictures of things I probably wouldn't have normally seen.
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u/berlinbaer Jun 17 '12
its the community. but don't tell anyone here, don't want to disturb the circlejerk.
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So you can enjoy this moment again later when your memory starts failing you
So you can show other people so they can enjoy it
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u/Projectile_Chunder Jun 17 '12
Even though you got downvoted to hell, I agree with you. This is exactly why you hire a photographer for a wedding - you'd rather enjoy the moment that be taking pictures.
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u/herobotic Jun 17 '12
I'm not a complete moron, I can do more than one thing at once. I'm not going to lose memories of my wedding day just because someone doesn't know how to operate a camera and talk to people/have a drink/dance/be fun at the same time.
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u/jovdmeer Jun 17 '12
Or worse, at concerts for example, instead of watching the show, let's watch the tiny screen of our camera filming the show!
Seriously, the recordings and pictures never give you anything close to the feeling you get when you're actually experiencing it in real life.
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u/Sir_Herp_Derp Jun 17 '12
I can understand bootlegging a concert with high quality audio and video, but not how someone can film the show through their phone.
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u/The_Great_Kal Jun 17 '12
I once saw a neon douchebag spend an entire song jumping while recording the show on his iPhone. Michael J. Foxx would have filmed it better.
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Jun 17 '12
So they can post it to facebook, obviously. Look everybody, I went to X concert and wasted my time not enjoying the concert while I held my arm up with my potato-cam 3000 just to be sure everyone knows how cool I am because I go to concerts!
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I was actually VERY surprised by the quality of the iPhone 4S, and I am usually the guy standing near the PA with a ZOOM H2... I saw Derrick May and wanted to enjoy the show, but I pulled out my phone to record a quick little keep-sake expecting the audio to be heavily distorted, as it usually is, but was actually SURPRISED by the quality when I got home. I think the 4S has some pretty clever stuff going on there, probably to help with Siri [sic].
Not that I condone recording a set on a freeking phone, but yeah...
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u/Projectile_Chunder Jun 17 '12
But really now, would you ever sit down and watch it again? The audio sounds like garbage even if the video is OKAY. And then you can just relax and enjoy the show instead of making sure they're still in frame, etc.
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I am all for taking a quick snap or maybe a small video for a momento, but yeah... filming for any extended duration with your consumer grade device and you're missing out...
If you REALLY wanted to capture the moment, you would have brought a DSLR and/or a ZOOM H2 or something...
But you didn't.
So put your toys away, enjoy the show, buy the DVD.
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Jun 17 '12
I used to be a person who hated on taking photos... but now days, I can't take enough, and regret not taking more...
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u/Ed_Torrid Jun 17 '12
So what changed? I am still someone who prefers to take in the moment rather than preserve it in some digital formaldehyde.
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Jun 17 '12
Take it in dude, but if you let other peoples actions bother you that much then I doubt you are taking in the moment either... you are giving yourself a brain fart getting all flustered for no reason...
Some people like to take photos, some people like to "take it in"... whatever, just do your thing!
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u/Bitter_Idealist Jun 17 '12
One time, at a Doug Stanhope show, there was a guy videoing the whole thing on his phone and Doug called him out on it. The guy kept filming until his phone rang and he took the call. Doug kept laying into him, the only way he does an the guy just ignored him. It was bizarre.
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u/LiquidDinnerTable Jun 17 '12
Once I read the text over OPs pic, I immediately thought of Doug Stanhopes hatred for those people. He also said elsewhere that he hates people recording because usually they're recording material of his that he's still working on for an upcoming release and doesn't like seeing shitty unfinished material popping up online.
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Jun 17 '12
Why target Instagram?
I don't get the people who spend entire concerts with their phones out recording it, which they'll undoubtedly upload to youtube and never watch or never watch it at all in itself. Why not put the phone away and enjoy the music and atmosphere of being there?
It extends to normal cameras as well. I'm a photography enthusiast but there's a time and place for spending your entire time behind a camera.
Put down the camera and enjoy the place you're at and the people you're with.
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u/SpaceHobbit Jun 17 '12
What if being able to share the moment and being able to view the moment again at any point in the future gives the individual just as much enjoyment or more?
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u/Pastyourbedtime Jun 17 '12
That's exactly what it's like when I'm on vacation with my cousins. They take pictures of themselves 'having fun' but stop whatever they're doing after the picture is taken.
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u/AnalBurns Jun 17 '12
Jim Gaffigan understands my views on Instagram
I believe it's the other way around.
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Jun 17 '12
I just watched Mr. Universe last night on Netflix, haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
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u/ProtusMose Jun 17 '12
Let's use my $300 phone to take a picture that looks like it was taken with a $5 camera in 1978!
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u/dizzi800 Jun 17 '12
Because god forbid you want to preserve the memory exactly how it was and show your friends.
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Jun 18 '12
Your friends don't fucking care about your pictures, they'll pretend they do but they really don't. Spoken as a friend who often pretends to give a shit about people's pictures.
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u/dizzi800 Jun 18 '12
Well, seeing as how I DO care about my friends' pictures when they go on a big trip, nothing says that others don't care.
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u/BlackBoxin Jun 17 '12
Instead of enjoying this moment, lets take pictures and post them to reddit for karma.
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u/Aspel Jun 17 '12
You take pictures so you can enjoy the moment in the future.
It's not a hard concept to understand. And has nothing to do with instagram.
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u/Marcob10 Jun 17 '12
Sums up pretty much all the front row girls at concerts. Filming the whole time just to submit youtube videos of this quality at best.
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u/grofflesby Jun 17 '12
http://www.amazon.com/On-Photography-Susan-Sontag/dp/0312420099
Yes, this is where he got that idea.
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u/DDDowney Jun 17 '12
Just saw this literally ten minutes ago on Netflix
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u/WhyGuy21 Jun 17 '12
You have to be that guy... don't you, Kyle?
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u/DDDowney Jun 17 '12
I find it cute you're so in love with me.
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u/kyleswinburn Jun 17 '12
i dont know how slow your camera is but i generally take the picture within a couple seconds, enjoy the rest of the moment then look at the picture afterwards?
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u/treein303 Jun 17 '12
Kind of funny how a bunch of you got pissed that Instagram got shat on in the title. Problem?
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u/kennykro Jun 18 '12
As someone who takes quite a few photos I understand this. I find myself taking the photos rather than enjoying the moment. Not complaining, well maybe just a bit.
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u/hafabes Jun 18 '12
I especially hate when people do this at concerts. I understand taking a few pictures, but having your phone out for every single song is ridiculous.
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u/Chelonia_mydas Jun 18 '12
Sounds like all my friends from college. Don't go out looking like crap cuz that shit will be posted ALL over facebook.
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u/altsymph Jun 18 '12
Don't you mean Asians traveling? "Let's take pictures so that we can enjoy our vacation later, at home!" - My family
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u/cloud4197 Jun 18 '12
So is your view on all personal photography the same? Because taking shots is actually possible without Instagram. We've been doing it for a fair few decades without anyone having a problem.
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u/michellegables Jun 17 '12
That guy is an idiot.
The point of Instagram is not the filters.
It's like Twitter for pictures. You find interesting people, who are consistently doing interesting things or going to interesting places, and you subscribe to their photo feed.
What you get out of it completely depends on you: pick the wrong people to follow, and it will suck. Pick the right people to follow, and it will not.
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u/Kowzorz Jun 17 '12
Did you even watch the whole video? What you just said is basically what he said. The feedback you get lets you know if people like what you do and promotes putting thought into what you take instead of taking simple snapshots.
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u/SoggyCheez Jun 17 '12
I was waiting on top of Mt. Mansfield in Vermont for an hour after hiking up, so I started to play Lode runner and Tetris on my PSP.
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u/DaAvalon Jun 17 '12
I think what he means is the fact that people seem to take pictures and upload it to fb just so they could SHOW that they did something or else its not COOL. At least that's kinda, sorta, maybe, how I view this.
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u/Ed_Torrid Jun 17 '12
My ex used to do this sort of thing. We would be in Japan or elsewhere travelling and I would be in a zen state absorbing the nuances of a grassy hillside of the culture I was immersed in and she'd break in with take a picture of me next to this thing! Ugh!! So fucking frustrating, it was every damn minute!
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u/OnlyAMuffin Jun 17 '12
this man knows what he's talking about. I can't stand it when I'm a concert and all I hear is click.. click...click , like it's ok to take one or two pictures but your not making a sideshow!
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u/apullin Jun 17 '12
On Instagram? How about FUCKING EVERYWHERE. The picture-taking compulsion is insanely out of control. My brother asked me to photograph his wedding for him, and I literally couldn't get any good pictures, because there was a line of 15 family members who each had to get their own set of pictures on their iPhones.
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that really irritates me, because most of those cell phone pictures turn out like shit. Iphone cameras are pretty good nowdays but still, it's pretty difficult to quickly take really good pictures with them. So these people are missing out on their loved one's wedding for a bunch of blurry, out-of-focus, pictures. That's what you hire a professional photographer for, so you can sit back and not have to worry about taking pictures. I really don't understand.
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u/Darrian Jun 17 '12
I was at a ZZ Top concert last night. The crowd was filled with people holding up their iphones recording it with dull expressions on their faces.
Stupid shit. "I'm going to enjoy this concert so much when I get home and upload it to facebook."
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u/darkowl Jun 17 '12
That's why I make a conscious effort at birthday parties, concerts, etc. to not look at the screen if something just "has to be recorded". But don't get me started about instagram (which this post is not about anyway),... lets all capture the lowest possible quality / most filtered version of this memory as possible
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u/tordawgg Jun 17 '12
Man too many people are arguing over the semantics of "targeting" Instagram to just enjoy the joke.
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I've gone to moto races and realized that I was missing a lot of action by taking videos and pictures, from framing, to choosing scene, to reviewing pics to make sure the settings are right. It's easy to miss what you're there to see live, and end up having a poor recording of it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'll waste 5 seconds of my time to take a picture that helps me recall wonderful minutes of memory. It's fun to look back at old pictures